Midland rivals cry foul over American locomotives
The Midland Railway questions higher fuel and repair costs for American engines, noting 20 to 25 percent more fuel, 60 percent more oil and repairs, while American units deliver faster delivery and lower price. The piece praises William H. Newman, new president of the New York Central and Hudson River, highlighting his ascent from ticket agent to railroad chief.
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Midland Railway Company of
England
Midland
Network Central
William Hi. Newman
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
America
William H. Newman
Texas and Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Great Northern Road
Lake Shore
New York Central
The Shamrock Countess of Limerick Leads Charity Drive
The Shamrock Countess Milas Burke Irwin of Dromore Castle drives a charity league aiding war fund support. Known as the Shamrock Countess for her tireless effort, she and her circle have grown the fund substantially through early 20th century efforts in Ireland. The League’s impact expanded in the days before March.
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Limerick
Dromore Castle
Milas Burke-Irwin
Wyeland
Emerald Isle
Shamrock League
The New Explosive May Reshape World Power
Officials claim Maximite, a novel explosive tested at Sandy Hook, could render ships and fortifications vulnerable. If tests hold, American guns may dominate future warfare, as armor and defenses are breached by the new projectile. Mr. Hiram Maxim is noted for smokeless powder and high explosives innovations.
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War Department
United States
Hiram Maxim
Maxim Ia
Sandy Hook
Maxim
To the Girl Leaving College
Advice from Temple Bailey in Woman's Home Companion urges girls to seek practical paths over lofty but risky careers. It counsels valuing steady skills like housekeeping, stenography, nursing, and teaching while weighing strength for a long career and a worthy place in society.
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Temple Bailey
Disadvantages of Co Education for Girls Over Fifteen
Ada C. Sweet argues against co education, claiming most girls over fifteen benefit from single sex schools. She says emotional development overtakes study when youths mix, and that calm, healthy school life is best free from flirtations and distractions.
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Ada C. Sweet
Poster Driving Woman to Status of Madness
In Des Moines Iowa Miss Bertha Atkinson fears a window poster will drive her insane. She argues the painted placard is horrific and a protest has been made to city authorities seeking removal.
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Tes Moines
Bertha Atkinson
Cty
Objectionable Poster Sparks Des Moines Tension
Des Moines faces rising agitation as an objectionable poster circulates. Authorities deny an epidemic despite daily contagion spreading, while eight submarine cables extend over 2,000 miles.
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Des Moines
The Kidnapped Millionaires by Frederick Upham Adams
Frederick Upham Adams completes The Kidnapped Millionaires a five hundred page novel about six kidnapped American millionaires by a single minded newspaper man. The plot follows New York offices Wall Street panic capture on a sea voyage and rescue with dramatic scenes and a large first edition of 28 000 copies this year.
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Adams
Pdislionaires
Frederick Upham Adams
John Smith
New York
Wall Street
High Seas
Social Island
Palmer J. Morton
Andrus Carmody
John M. Rockwell
Hiram Havyen
R. J. Kent
Simon Fence
New York Record
Bernard Seymour
Frightening of Children and Its Harmful Effects
A letter condemns parental fear tactics that frighten children with tales of bears ghosts and hell threatening lies. It cites a Poughkeepsie incident where a child didn't warn of a drowning due to fear and argues fear harms child development and empathy toward animals.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dorothy Flynn Roosevelts Guest At Rough Riders Reunion
Miss Dorothy Flynn, known as The Honorable Dot, will attend the Rough Riders reunion in Colorado Springs this month where dinners and dances are planned. D. T. Flynn, her father, represents Oklahoma in Congress and is a sponsor for the Rough Riders. The vice president and Flynn are described as close friends.
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Roosevelt
Colorado Springs
Rough Riders
Dorothy Flynn
D. T. Flyns
Oklahoma
Congress
Dot
Cuba
Miss Flynn
Oyster Bay
Interior official seeks troops to guard Sooners in Oklahoma
Secretary Hitclcock asks Secretary Root to move U S troops into Kiowa Comanche and Apache reservations in Indian Territory to clear the area for opening to settlers. More than 1 000 Sooners have already entered the Wichita mountains and filed mineral claims. The district will be divided into 160 acre homesteads and is deemed prime farming land in the southwest. The department promises no injustice to settlers as the new reservation opens.
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Hitclcock
War Root
Indian Territory
United States
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma Country
Oklahoma open to settlement faces protests and troop move
The plan to allot 160 acre tracts amid a rush of homestead claims prompts protests from Duncan Oklahoma and Texas over grazing lands near a military reserve. Secretary Root orders cavalry from Fort Sill to clear the reservation of lawless elements until the lands open. Kiowa representatives seek postponement for treaty review in Washington.
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Duncan
Texas
Root
Fort Sill
I. T
Washington
Congress
Carnegie's Castle Curse and Scotland's Pledge of Generations
The article notes Andrew Carnegie's Scottish philanthropy including a $600000 library program in Glasgow and a $10000000 scholarship fund for Scots. It discusses superstition about a curse on Skibo Castle and Carnegie's plan to make it a family home, amid local nickname use and praise for his wealth. It also mentions arbitration for China and a historic oak on Chios believed to be twenty two centuries old.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scotland
United States
Glasgow
New York
Atlantic
Skibo Castle
Highlands
Tweed
Aidh
Lord Byron
Newstead Abbey
Coronel
London
Newstead
Skibo
Boul
Mackays
Gordons
Dempsters
Chirnside
Chios
Aegean Sea
Many-Tongued Telephone and the Telegrap hone
A Danish inventor Poulsen creates the telegraphonic distributor blending telephone and phonograph. The device records speech on a magnetized steel wire, then replays it through multiple electro magnets to a telephone receiver, enabling one message to reach many destinations.
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Poulsen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Quce
Two Sides on Direct Senate Election Question
The National Civic Federation conducted a public referendum on direct senatorial elections and found two opposing viewpoints. Many respondents support direct vote while others oppose it, indicating a divided public opinion on the issue.
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National Civic Federation
New York Woman Recovers Damages From Icicle Injury
Mrs. Henna Omeyer of New York City wins 760 damages for injuries from an icicle that fell from a tank atop the defendant building through the skylight striking her on the head. She was knocked senseless and interrupted during dinner when she recovered.
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Henna Omeyer
New York City
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Military Forest Reserve
Carnegie’ S Castle
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Hag
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MR. Poulsen
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